Loss of Sensitivity to Helminthosporium maydis Race T Toxin during Aging of Mitochondria Isolated from Texas Cytoplasm Corn 1
AUTOR(ES)
Pham, Hiep N.
RESUMO
Helminthosporium maydis Race T toxin caused the expected changes in freshly isolated mitochondria from T cytoplasm corn, namely complete uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation, pronounced stimulation of succinate and NADH respiration, complete inhibition of malate respiration, and increased mitochondrial swelling. In contrast, identical toxin treatments of the mitochondria after 12 hours aging on ice resulted in partial uncoupling, much lower stimulation of succinate and NADH respiration, no inhibition of malate respiration, and no mitochondrial swelling. Almost all of the toxin sensitivity was lost by 6 hours aging. At this stage, the mitochondria were 208× and 66× less sensitive to toxin-induced changes in coupling of malate respiration and state 4 malate respiration rates, respectively. Loss of toxin sensitivity did not occur when the mitochondria were aged under nitrogen or in the presence of 5 millimolar dithiothreitol. This suggested that the aging effect was due to oxidation, possibly of sulfhydryl groups in one or more mitochondrial membrane proteins.
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